Chromium hexafluoride
Chromium hexafluoride or chromium(VI) fluoride (CrF6) is a hypothetical chemical compound with the chemical formula CrF6. It was previously thought to be an unstable yellow solid decomposing at -100 °C,[1] but this has been shown to be a misidentification of chromium pentafluoride, CrF5.[2]
Unsuccessful attempts at synthesis
CrF6 used to be thought to be produced by exhaustive fluorination of chromium metal at 400 °C and 20 million pascals of pressure, and immediate freezing out of the reaction chamber to prevent decomposition:
- Cr + 3 F2 → CrF6
However, it has been shown that chromium pentafluoride (CrF5) is formed instead:
- 2 Cr + 5 F2 → 2 CrF5
and that CrF6 has yet to be synthesized.
References
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This inorganic compound–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
